🚀🚀 Success! Earth has a new eye in the sky with #Landsat 9. At 2:12 p.m. EDT (18:12 UTC), the latest Earth-observing satellite in the Landsat program launched aboard a ULALaunch rocket and is now in orbit around our planet. Working together with Landsat 8, the satellites will collect images spanning the entire planet every eight days. These calibrated data will continue the program’s critical role in monitoring the health of Earth and helping people manage essential resources, including crops, irrigation water, and forests. Images from Landsat 9 will be added to nearly 50 years of free and publicly available data from the mission – the longest data record of Earth’s landscapes taken from space! In addition to the scientific data they provide, some Landsat images are striking to look at. Swipe through and drop your favorite below! 1. Close-up of Atlas V rocket engines during Landsat 9 launch 2. The Mississippi River, the largest river system in North America 3. Gotland, a large...